CUG Rank

University Name

Entry Standards

Student Satisfaction

Research Assessment

Graduate Prospects

Overall Score

2015

2014

1

1

Cambridge

646

4.05

3.35

94

100.0

2

3

Bath

544

4.29

2.60

92

93.7

3

2

Imperial College London

555

4.09

3.05

74

91.5

4

6

Southampton

483

4.18

2.70

88

91.0

5

4

Bristol

532

3.59

3.00

84

90.5

6

5

Sheffield

446

3.91

3.00

86

89.9

7

7

Loughborough

429

4.08

2.85

84

88.9

8

9

Surrey

453

4.05

2.90

80

88.8

9

8

Leeds

437

4.35

2.95

72

88.2

10

11

Manchester

444

4.13

2.90

74

87.6

11

18

West of England, Bristol

317

4.15

2.55

94

86.5

12

13

Glasgow

476

3.49

2.40

86

85.7

13

12

Birmingham

3.80

2.80

85.3

14

10

Nottingham

410

3.99

2.95

68

84.9

15

20

Brunel

373

4.19

2.50

78

84.5

16

17

Strathclyde

470

3.97

2.52

68

84.3

17

15

Queen's, Belfast

380

4.12

2.75

68

83.5

18

23

De Montfort

3.99

2.45

83.3

19

16

Liverpool

404

3.70

2.70

72

83.0

20

14

Swansea

345

3.95

2.50

78

82.6

21

21

Queen Mary

382

4.08

2.30

72

81.9

22

19

Huddersfield

3.93

2.30

81.2

23

26

Salford

316

3.86

2.45

76

80.6

24

22

Aston

374

3.90

2.30

70

80.4

25

30

Plymouth

256

4.07

2.05

86

79.9

26

28

Hertfordshire

334

3.70

2.40

74

79.7

27

31

City

353

4.01

2.45

62

79.3

28

25

Bolton

3.92

2.10

79.0

29

29

Portsmouth

291

3.97

2.35

68

78.1

30

32

Coventry

304

4.37

1.90

68

77.9

31

35

West of Scotland

345

3.65

84

77.1

32

33

Hull

4.22

72

76.9

33

36

Kingston

313

3.75

1.95

64

74.8

34

24

Brighton

336

3.81

2.70

38

73.9

35

-

South Wales

319

3.84

1.55

64

73.2

36

27

Liverpool John Moores

193

4.15

2.70

46

73.0

37

38

Staffordshire

222

3.93

74

72.5

38

34

Manchester Metropolitan

296

4.05

2.15

42

71.8

39

-

Highlands & Islands

4.05

54

70.5

40

39

Sheffield Hallam

277

3.49

66

70.4